The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1887-06-28
WOmen's Christian Temperance
Union.


residences throughout the city. The Elk
ecutive Committee held q meeting yester-
day forenoon and transacted some import
ant business.
The Executive Committee is composed OF
the officers presenI, as follows: Mrs
Clara Hoffman, president; Mrs. II. ID.
Wagner, st. Louis, treasurer. State Super
in,endents, Mrs. Alice Wi lisms, Comeron,
Mo-; Mrs. Ida Lewis, Kansas City ;
Mrs. Belle r. Robert, 81. Louis
Mrs. Anna 8. Cairns, KirkwOOd ;
Mrs. E. p. Powell, MsryviIle; DIR. Fannie
Williams, Carthage. Vice Presidents, MIS-.
s. b. Tatlow, Edna Mrs. ". l. Williams,
Edinburg Mrs. Irene Austin, Hamilton
Mo-; Miss Ella d. Morris, Savannah Miss
Eugenia Babb, Columbia; Mrs. 5. r.
Foster, Carthage; Mrs Lucia A. Gardner,
Schell City Mrs. J. l.. Freeland, Kansas
City; Mrs l. Perkins, Mrs. E. n. Aspl,y,
Mrs. Cordelia Lyman, Mrs. Flora Harvey.
AS neither of the Recording Secretaries
was present Miss Ella d Norris was
elected Secretary.
Mrs. Foster, of Carthage, conducted the
devotional exercises. Alter a discussion
on the report of Legislative work as being
incomplete, the minutes were adopted. A
motion prevailed that the recording Sec
rotary should be elected at the beginning
of the convention, that she might the
better prepare the minutes for publication.
On motion, Mrs. Ida Burr, of Princeton,
was retained as state organizer, and she
was instructed to devote twenty days OF
each month to the werk, AZ q salary Of 500
per month and expenses. Miss NJ. ID.
Wilson was also made state organizer, to
be employed by the districts.
Mrs. Belle P. Robert, of st. Louis, con-
Quoted the closing devotional exercises.
The regular session of the Convention
begun last night. Mrs. Z. p. Powell,
Superintendent of the press work OF the
State, presided.
The address of welcome in behalf OF
Hannibal Union was delivered by Mrs. DR.
Gordon, and the address of welcome in be-
half of the clergy and citizens by Rev. L
D. Wallace. The response was given by
Mrs. Anna g. Cairns, of Kirkwood. To-
days session began at 8 q. m.
Drained In A Blacksmith Shop
Akron, o, June 22.-W. B. Armfeld, q
| stalwart North Carolinian. who came
here about six weeks ago, was murdered
at peninsula, this county, Monday night
Armfield stood feet inches and weighed
225 pounds. He has been a mystery to the
quiet people of Peninsula. All they
knew about him was that he had served II
the regular army and had recently suffered
the loss of his wife and children. Arm
field and Daniel Gsrvey, the village tsv
ern keeper, on several occasions had ex
changed words over 80 cents which Gsrvey
claimed Armfeld owed him for liquor
Arm6eld proposed that the dispute be set
tied by a hsnd-to-6ght, but Garvey de
INJURED.
Last night they happened to meet in I
blacksmith shop adjoining Garvey's saloon
Arm6eld renewed the challenge, aad wa
about stripping off his coat when Carve!
snatched up blacksmith's chisel-hamme
and gave Arm6eld cut with it over tn
hands. A desperate struggle ensued 70
possession of the weapon. Ii was a BATH
of gaints, both being powerful men. FINALLY
Garvey threw Armieid down over a mai
keg, several of his ribs being broken b,
the fall. Then springing for the chisel
hammer, which had fallen en- the floor. h
sunk its edge deep in Arm6eld's head
making terrible fracture of the skull
which caused his death in few hours.
Garvey was taken in charge by villager
and is now under guard awaiting his re
moval to Jail in this city. Garvey ha
long been the village terror and his de
Tense that Arm6eld began the quarrel b.
knocking his pipe from his mouth is no
backed by bystsnders, all of whom helt
in high regard the mysterious stranger
from North Carolina.